We’ve been looking at how PEI wildlife adapts to our frigid winter conditions, but what about trees? Unlike animals that take shelter or...

In recent editions of Permian to Present, we’ve seen how and why PEI lost its large, native mammals. But in the 1900s, people thought...

In the last three editions of ‘Permian to Present’ we looked at aspects of PEI’s forests and wildlife hundreds of years ago, before...

Today you get two posts in one! My winter series ‘Permian to Present’ and ‘Wildlife Tracks & Sign’ intersect to tell the story of River...

Even if you’re not a fan of the PEI winter, I bet you’d agree that few things are more beautiful than hoar frost. Under certain...

In the last edition of Permian to Present, we got a glimpse into the Island landscape of three centuries ago, around the time Europeans...

Wildlife tracks can tell you not only who’s been around, but also what they’ve been up to. In my last PEI tracking post, I gave you some...

In the last edition of PEI: Permian to Present, we learned what ancient pollen and early Indigenous sites tell us about the Island...

Snowshoe Hare - more often called rabbit here on PEI - is a great entry-level wild game. Hare are plentiful, easy to catch, simple to...

So far in ‘PEI: Permian to Present’, we’ve explored the formation of the Island’s sedimentary sandstone bedrock, the fossils that can be...

Happy New Year and welcome back to my PEI wildlife track and sign series! Let’s start the year with a group of Island animals you may...

Today we have another of PEI's lesser-known coastal habitats: Grey Dunes (Photo 1). The sand dunes featured in Island photos are almost...

Let's look at one of PEI's lesser-known coastal habitats: krummholz forest (Photo 1). Although PEI isn’t far north or high-altitude, we...

Peat Bogs (Photo 1) are one of the oldest habitats on the Island; we can trace their beginnings back to the end of the last Ice Age more...

I have a post specifically on Peat Bogs, but there is one very special Island bog that merits its own post: Black Marsh at North Cape....

It’s time to highlight another of PEI’s important habitats! Today let’s look at our natural ponds. I say “natural” because the Island has...

Today’s PEI plant is not only beautiful, edible and medicinal, it’s been used extensively by First Nations peoples for thousands of...

Many Islanders preserve fresh food for winter, but this seasonal task isn’t unique to humans. Our neighbours of other species do the same...

I am *not* an expert on mushrooms, but do forage the common, easy-to-identify species including Chanterelles, Porcini, Oysters, and...

As we’ve seen in Parts 1 and 2, PEI’s salt marshes are important both ecologically and historically. In this last part, let’s look at...